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J. S. WINGET.

CIGAR. MAKERS TOOL. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1908.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JASPER S. WINGET, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGARFMAKERS TOOL.

Application filed November 23, 1908.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JASPER S. WINGET, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Makers Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar makers tools, and its primary objects are, first, to facilitate the production of hand-made cigars and to enable uniformly shaped hand-made cigars to be quickly made by comparatively inexperienced persons, thus avoiding the necessity of highpriced expert workers now employed for that purpose. Second, to insure a practically uniform quantity of filler for each cigar, and to temporarily sufficiently shape the filler or bunch that its requires less tobacco for a wrapper than is required when the cigar is shaped solely by hand rolling. Third, to enable a hand-made cigar to be as uniformly shaped as the ordinary molded cigar, without the disadvantages of such molded ci ar, thus producing a cigar having the qualities of the hand-rolled cigar, and the uniformity of the molded cigar, without any of the disadvantages and objections to the latter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a perspective view of a cigar-makers tool which embodies my invention, being partly shown in section. Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional view taken transversely of one of the formers, showing it partially closed, and the positions of the parts for operating it. Fig. 4, is a similar view showing the former completely closed, and the operating parts in their locked position. Fig. 5, is a detached, side view of the tuck cutter. Fig. 6, is a top plan view of the tuck cutter, the counter, and the operating mechanism thereof.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, 1 is a cigar makers board, which is suitably supported upon a base 2. Located at the inner side of this board is a two-part former, which consists of a female member 3 and a male member 4. Preferably, I employ two of these formers, which are located end to end, as here shown, and which extend parallel with the inner Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Serial No. 464,070.

edge of the board 1. The two parts of this former are relatively removable, or separable for exposing the female member 3 to receive the filler for the cigar. As here shown, the member 3 is removably held in a carrier 5 by means of suitable screws 6, which enables the member 3 to be removed and replaced by another for enabling difierently shaped cigars to be made. Likewise the male member 4 is also removable from a carrier 7, it being clamped in position by means of a clamping member 8 held in position by suitable screws 9. The carrier 5 is movable under the carrier 7 in position to receive the member 4. The member 4 is carried downward by its carrier 7 to cause the member 4 of the former to enter the member 3. These members 3 and 4 are proving devices as well as formers, for the purpose of determining the proper quantity of filler to properly form the finished hand-made cigar.

Projecting from the rear edge of the base 2, and extending over the carrier 7, are the brackets 10, and these brackets carry at their upper ends vertical guide-ways 11. These guide-ways receive upwardly-projecting guide-rods 12 which have their lower ends secured to the top of the member 7. These guide-ways 11 are vertically elongated, which secures a straight movement of the carrier 7 and the former member 4. These carriers are moved downward by means of toggle levers 13 which have their lower ends pivoted to the carrier 7 and their upper ends pivoted to crank arms 14 which extend from a rocking arm 15. Secured to this rocking arm or bar 15 is an arm 16 with which a pin 17 engages, the pin 17 being carried by the upper end of a lever 18 which is intermediately piv oted to the brackets 10 at the point 19. When the lower end of the lever is pushed outward or backward, the pin 17 engages the upper edge of the arm 16 and causes the bar 15 to rock and throw the toggle lever 13 into the vertical position shown in Fig. 4, which carries the two members of the former together. The lever 18 is actuated by means of a rod 20 which extends under the board 1 and has a handle 21 located at and below the board 1. The movement of this rod 20 also moves the carrier 5 to proper position under the carriers 7. This is accomplished by providing the carrier 5 with a depending arm 22 through which the rod 20 passes, and placing upon this rod a spring 23, the inner end of which engages the arm 22 and the outer end of which engages a suitable stop 24 upon the rod 20. The normal position of the carrier on the rod 20 is that shown in Fig. 2, and in this position the arm 22 is clamped between the inner end of the spring 23 and a pin or stop projecting from the rod 20. When the rod is moved inward it carries with it'the carrier 5 and the female member 3 of the former, until the carrier 5 engages adjustable stop members 26. The further inward movement of the rod 20 compresses the spring 23 and causes the member 7 to move downward and carry the member 4 of the former into the member 3, as previously explained. When the rod 20 is moved outward the lever 18 is carried to the position shown in Fig. 1, and in moving to this position the pin 17 engages the under side of an arm 27 which projects from the rocking bar 15 and carries the parts to the positions shown in Fig. 3, which lifts the member 3 first from the member 4, after which the pin 25 will strike the arm 22 and the further outward movement of the rod 20 carries the member 5 to the position shown in Fig. 2, ready to receive the filler for another cigar.

In the operation of this tool the operator takes the filler for a cigar (which is located at the right-hand end of the board as usual) and forms the bunch with the binder and places it in the female member 3 of the former. He then pushes inward on the handle 21 which carries the member 3 under the member 4, and the member t into the member This operation, as previously described, partially compresses the spring 23. If there is the proper amount of filler in the member 3 of the former to properly form the cigar, there will be a sufficient pressure to hold the members of the'former in their closed position by reason of the vertical position of the toggle lever 13, and suflicient friction to overcome the tendency of the compressed spring 23 to expand. While on the other hand, if there is not the proper quantity of filler the spring will expand and cause the lever to assume the position shown in Fig. 3. In this manner these members 3 and 4: become proving members as to the proper quantity of filler, as well as formers. The operator will know from the pressure required to carry the parts into closed position, after a little experience, if there is too much tobacco for the filler.

In operation, the formers are in the positions shown in Fig. l. The operator places the bunch in the female members 3 and carries these parts to their closed position shown in F ig. 4. They are left in this closed position while the operator is cutting the wrapper. By this time the bunch has assumed the proper shape to receive the wrapper, and as the bunch in this temporarily formed condition is smaller than it is when it is rolled up in the binder and shaped by hand rolling on the board 1, it require less tobacco for the wrapper because it is not necessary to have a sufficient amount of wrapper to stand the shaping or forming of the cigar by hand rolling in the usual handmade cigars. On the other hand, the bunch does not remain in the form long enough to have the objectionable features of a molded cigar, but to the contrary, has all of the characteristics of a hand-made cigar. The bunch remains in the former only while the operator is preparing the wrappers, which is long enough to give the bunch the shape of the cigar, so that in applying the wrap per the skill of an expert cigar maker is not required to shape the cigar by hand rolling. This is a great saving in time, and will en able comparatively unskilled labor to make a cigar having all the characteristics of a hand-made cigar and be more uniform in shape, thus effecting a saving in the production of hand-made cigars.

By means of the adjustable stops 26 the inward limit of movement of the carrier 5 is regulated to proper position for different sized formers, so that the two members thereof will properly register when they are' brought together. lVhileI haveshown a specific mechanism and operation of these formers, I desire it to be understood that these may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, so long as the formers are located in respect to the board 1 substantially as here shown, and so long as the two parts of the former are sep arable and one movable laterally in respect to the other to expose the female member for receiving the filler.

Located at one end of the board 1 is a tuck-cutter, and this consists of two oscillating blades 30 which are concentrically pivoted at the point 31. These cutters are nor mally below the board and out of the way of handling either the filler, the binder or the wrapper. An intermediately pivoted arm 32 has attached to it a shaft 33, and this shaft has a handle 34:. A link connects one of the blades 30 with one end of the arm 32, and a link 36 connects the other blade 30 with the opposite end of the arm A suitable spring 37 serves to hold these parts normally in the position shown in Fig. 5, and therefore normally below the board 1. When the handle 3% is depressed the blades are thrown upward, as shown in Fig. 1, and continued downward pressure of the handle will close the blades for the purpose of cutting the tuck of the cigar. These blades are located at the outer end of a cigarreceiving groove 38, and movable in this groove is an adjustable member 39 for determining the length of the cigar. This member 39 is movable by turning a screwthreaded rod 4-0 which has its inner end passing through a screw-threaded opening in a bracket 41 of the member 39.

Any well known form of counter 42 is located under the board 1, and is visible through a slot This counter is connected with the tuck-cutter by means of a link 44 which has one end connected with the counter and the other end connected with an arm 45 extending from the shaft 33. As the tuck of the cigar is cut the number of cigars made is registered in this counter.

Located above the formers, and preferably, as here shown, in rear of them, is a cigar-receiving rack A, into which the operatorfplaces the finished cigars. This rack is pre'erably of the knock-down type for convenience in shipping. It is supported upon two L-shaped arms 46 which have their vertical portions supported in suitable sockets or brackets 47. The bottom 48 of the rack A rests upon the horizontal portion of the rod 46, and the inclined ends 49 are provided with sockets or sleeves 50 through which horizontal rods 51 removably pass, the ends of these rods 51 removably passing in openings 52 formed in the horizontal portions of the rod 46. The horizontal portions of the rods 46 extend beyond the bottom 48, and the back 58 of the rack A is provided at its lower corners with brackets or portions 54 which rest upon the ends of these rods 46, and between the projecting ends of the rear rod 51 and the rear corners of the bottom 48, as shown in Fig. 1. For the purpose of locking the back 53 and the ends 49 together, the back is provided with horizontal slots 55 which receive the headed projections 56 of the ends 49, as shown in Fi 1. The back and ends are interlocked beore the ends are turned into position shown in F 1 to receive the rods 51. The slots are elongated so that the ends may be moved back and forth upon the rods 51 to vary the size of the rack.

A paste cup support 57 is located between the rack A and the formers, as shown in F 1, which is a very convenient position for the operator, and a head-shaping thimble 58 is supported at the inner edge of the roller board 1. A drawer 59 is located in the base 2 in which the operator may keep any desired tools, such as screwdriver. knife, etc.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s:-

1. A cigar makers tool comprising a board, upper and lower former-carrying members located adjacent the inner edge of the board, the lower member movable under and away from the upper member, and the upper member movable vertically toward and away from the lower member, an operating mechanism adapted to positively actuate the upper member and yieldlngly connected with the lower member, said operating mechanism constructed to move the lower member under the upper member and its continued movement causing the upper member to move downward by compressing the said yielding mechanism, the parts constructed and arranged to lock the two parts in their closing position when there is sufficient pressure from the amount of filler but permit them to separate when there is not a sufficient pressure, for the purpose described.

2. A cigar makers tool comprising a board, two former carrying members movable toward and away from each other, one carrying a female former and the other a male former, and mechanism constructed and arranged to move the formers together and to lock them in the closed position when there is sufficient filler in the female member but permit them to separate when there is not suflicient filler, for the purpose described.

3. A cigar makers tool comprising a board, relatively separable male and female bunch formers located adjacent the board, means for moving the formers toward and away from each other, a spring for normally separating the said members, the mechanism for moving the formers together being constructed to lock them against the separating pressure of the spring when there is sufficient filler in the formers but permitting the spring to separate them when there is not suflicient filler in the former.

4. A cigar makers tool comprising a board, relatively separable male and female formers located adjacent the board, a toggle lever mechanism for moving the said members toward and away from each other, the toggles arranged to be in a vertical position when the two parts of the former are together, a member for operating the toggles, a spring tending to move the toggle mechanism into the separating position, the pressure of the bunch when there is the proper amount in the former adapted to cause suflicient friction to hold the toggle mechanism in the closing position against the separating action of said spring, the said spring separating the said members when there is not sufficient filler thereby proving to the operator that there is or is not a suflicient quantity of filler to properly make the cigar.

A cigar makcrs tool comprising a board, a horizontally-movable female former and a vertically-movable male former, an operating member at the outer side of the board and having its inner end adapted to engage mechanism for moving independently of the horizontally-movable 10 the male member vertically, and a, spring member.

connection between the operating member In testimony whereof I afliX my signature and the horizontal movable former member, in presence of two witnesses.

\ whereby the last said member is moved hori- JASPER S WINGET.

zontally through the spring connection and permitted to continue its movement inde- Witnesses: pendent of the vertically-movable member A. S. PA'rTIsoN, to actuate the vertically-movable member JOHN L. FLETCHER.

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